Particle Physics

Dark Matter Theory Proposes a Simple Donut-Shaped Electromagnetic Field

Most of our universe's mass lies unseen as an invisible agent known as dark matter, and while the nature of dark matter has puzzled scientists for decades, a new study says that's it's all really quite simple: it's made up of particles with a donut-shaped electromagnetic field.

Speed Of Light Might Not Be The Constant We Thought It Was

The speed of light has long been regarded as a fixed constant, something that can help us understand the world around us better, but two new studies may have something new to say about it - that it's not actually constant.

Higgs Boson Research Leads Into Our Universe's Demise - Or Are We Quantumly-Impaired?

The old saying that "ignorance is bliss" might just hold truer and faster at critical levels than anything else. It seems that while we may have located and codified the mysterious crux of mass - the Higgs boson particle - we may have indirectly elicited our own demise.

Elusive Dark Matter To Have More Light Shed On It In Two Weeks, Says MIT Scientist

Dark matter, an elusive cosmic phenomenon, has been the subject of much debate, but a lot of speculation may be put to rest in two weeks. At the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference, a scientist from MIT has hinted that data from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) could provide some breakthrough insights into most of our universe's mass.